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City remains under lockdown and frustrations are running high. shanghai's mayor says some restrictions may be lifted in some areas. our anna coren is following the story for us from hong kong and joins us now live. good to see you, anna. so despite the strict lockdown symptomatic covid cases are increasing but restrictions for some are easing. >> reporter: yeah. well, as you just mentioned, lynda, officials are indicating that restrictions could ease following another round of mass testing. few details other than that have really been released. we don't have a time frame. but this is obviously...

Down, there's very little hope of them opening up. >> yeah. and of course 17,000 new covid cases were reported in shanghai wednesday, and now makeshift hospitals are being erected to take in new patients. what needs to be done, do you think, to contain this if these extended lockdowns aren't working, and why has there been so little planning for food and water needs, do you think? >> yeah, on the second question in terms of planning, it's really something that everyone in the city is asking right now. i think the lockdown was implemented very hastily and, you know, it's been a disappointment w...

Tien jian. billions of people are on lockdown. schools remain suspended. all 14 million residents had to go through a second round of covid-19 testing. unlike europe, china does not live with covid-19. it pursues a very strict zero covid strategy. that means snap lockdowns, mass testing, contact tracing. very strict border controls. the experts say despite this policy, despite the fact china has a very high vaccination rate, the people in china remain vulnerable to infection because of the limitations. recently there was a study that found that among 80 people confirmed to be infected with the...

She been in the past two weeks. we are seeing lockdowns, snap lockdowns, mass testing, contact tracing, quarantines playing out. a city with 13 million people has been under a strict lockdown for weeks. there's video of thousands of students in full hazmat suits being bussed to quarantine facilities because of a local outbreak. this olympics is going to push that covid strategy to its absolute limit, jim. >> no question. look at those little kids in those outfits too. selina wang thanks so much for covering. unvaccinated adults in austria have just weeks to avoid hefty fines for refusing sho...

Cnn's >> china says it will no longer sell winter olympics tickets to the public. international fans have already been banned from attending. in the coming weeks, thousands of athletes and officials from around the world will be gathering under some of the strictest covid countermeasures in the world. they'll be in a closed bubble during the entirety of the games, pcr tested daily and vaccinated or forced to quarantine for 21 days. this comes as beijing has reported its first case of omicron. this in a country where even one covid case is one too many. several cities across china are back in w...